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Radiochromic film dosimetry: Recommendations of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 55

Medical Physics · 1998 · Vol. 25(11) · pp. 2093–2115

Azam Niroomand‐Rad✉(Georgetown University)Charles Robert Blackwell(Mayo Clinic)Bert M. Coursey(National Institute of Standards and Technology)Kenneth P. Gall(The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)James M. Galvin(Thomas Jefferson University)W.L. McLaughlin(National Institute of Standards and Technology)Ali S. Meigooni(University of Kentucky)Ravinder Nath(Yale University)James Rodgers(Georgetown University)Christopher G. Soares(National Institute of Standards and Technology)

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Abstract

Recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) for the radiochromic film dosimetry are presented. These guidelines were prepared by a task group of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee and have been reviewed and approved by the AAPM Science Council.

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation Effects and Dosimetry Radiation Therapy and DosimetryTask groupDosimetryMedical physicsMedical physicistNuclear medicineMedicineRadiation transportMonte Carlo methodEngineeringMathematics

MeSH terms

BrachytherapyCalibrationChromium RadioisotopesDrug StabilityFilm DosimetryHumansQuality Assurance, Health CareRadiotherapyRadiotherapy DosageSensitivity and SpecificityRadiosurgeryRadiopharmaceuticals

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